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On this Day: Internet activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide January 11, 2013, at age 26, while facing charges for alleged computer crimes that could have resulted in a fifty year jail sentence. Lawrence Lessig wrote about the death of his friend on his blog. About this photo: Aaron Swartz at a Boston Wikipedia Meetup in 2009. Photo credit: Sage Ross / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Gandhi in Iran (Dan)

Hunger strikes have become the latest form of protest in Iran – and they’re actually having an impact. Inspiration comes from figures who have embraced the form of protest before, such as Gandhi and IRA’s Bobby Sands.

Greens in Germany Propose Sex Dolls for Disabled (Milicent)

Netanyahu claims the truck attack that killed four Israeli soldiers and injured dozens more was the work of ISIS. Except they have yet to claim responsibility. Instead, an “obscure” Palestinian group has.